The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
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/ Stables of tn Austro HUNGARIAN Royal
Family-the Empress as Tanner and
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Frank Richardson, writes TO the Baltimore
S,m from Vienna about Francis Joseph,
emperor of Austria Hungary. He says the
nobility of Austria is of the haughtiest, the
proudest and the poorest; that the finances
are the most deplorable, and that the music
is the best and sweetest He draws the fol-
lowing pleasing pen picture of the royal
stables
"All the royal family are fond OF horse
| back exercises, and the empress when in
| England two or three years since, was pro
nounced the best lady rider III Europe. 1t
was her custom always to accompany the
emperor on his gallops through the great
public parks of Vienna, but 1t is now year
or more since she has been on the back of a
horse, having been positively mterdicted
such exercise by the learned doctor of
Amsterdam who attends her. As she is 80
years old, it is perhaps time she should give
| up such violent exercise as she made it, |
visited the stables of the emperor, which,
with the courtyard cover ! don know how
many acres of ground. and saw the.spaciou
Enclosure where the empress used to break
| fractions steeds before riding themin public
A private dressing-room for her special use
| is attached, with all convenlences, including
| mirrors all around. for her to admire her
self in her riding habits, and gallery for "A
band of music, which played while sNe
| displayed her skill and nerve amid TIE
plaudits of the select few who were admitted
| TO the exhibition ,....--
| 1.-THE stables are not more finely appointed
than several have seen belonging, to pri-
| waite gentleman in the UnlOetb Stat s. bu
were many times larger, and the stalls are
| immensely roomy. The emperor owns NOR
than ), 900 horses, distributed through the
stables attached to his various palaces in
| town and country. In the Nienna stables
there are now about 40 horses, attended by
| 200 stablemen and grooms and guarded by
a regiment of infantry. The horses are al
picked and all young. Over each stall is tht
name, pedigree and the year in which foaled
| and ! saw none that were over q. Wher
they get past that age they are considereG
10 longer fit for the emperors nse, but !
could not discover whether they are sold o
! given away. Never less than eight hors 5
| are put to the great coaches on state occa-
slons, nor less than four for the smaller
carriages To very few of the coaches is
| tlare a drivers ont nostiljnrS il ire mos
gorgeous and elaborate livery, are put upon
| o. . aeS. e ,toe TWO seta al no seS
particularly, which, if | may be permite,
20 borrow that favorite fem nine expires ion,
were Just too lovely for anything There
we're twenty mik-whites and twenty coal
! blacks used for the safe coaches on grano
occasions The whites were as white as cal
be, and the blacks, twenty magnificent
| stallionS-who carried their proud heads as
| high as any emperor-were black as black
| could be. Such flowing manes, such tails,
'airly trailing on the ground, and combed
as fire as the hair of women, were sight to
| behold. "ss..T -..
There were nearly 100 horses in stable
used only under the saddle and upon whom
no harness had ever been placed. 1t would
| be quite impossible that Francis joseph or
my other man could get much use out OF
| 3, 900 horses, even if he devoted his whole time
| 70 iding and driving. But the entire stock
| has a chance to show what it is made of, for
| t is the custom of the emperor upon all state
| occasions to provide the numerous staff
| which attends him and the empress with
| caches and horses. This staff VIII include
| hundr Dis male and female, of the bloc
royal and of tire obility, besides the mil
| itary officers. The collection of carr a ,es is
ot less interesting than the horses. The
| number here is about $50. There are a
| dozen or more grand coaches, sblazoned all
| over, even to the wheels, axies and poles,
with gold and gilt, and the panels orna
| mented with paintings. The characterization
| on the coach first made for Marie Therese
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coach is never used now. Standing by its
| side is the coach in which Napoleon Bonap-
| arte and Marie Louise first rode as consorts,
and not far away is the little coach upon
which rested the infant limbs Of their I'M
fortunate offspring, the Due de Reichstadt
"a tiny little coach Of rich and artistic
design, and which was drawn by goats is
| there to remind Francis Joseph of the drives
| ne enjoyed before he put on trousers There
are several carriages which belonged to the
Archduke Macmillan, the brother of the
| emperor, and also the saddle which he rode
in Mexico before the Mexicans uteold lead
INTO him. These are regarded as precious
relics, and no one is allowed to put his finger
on them - -